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After the Hulk Hogan Lawsuit Funding Flap, Is it Time for a Look at Litigation Financing Regulation?
5 Jun 2016, 5:15 pm
” Relatedly, the common law also barred “champerty,” which is the financial participation in a lawsuit with an expectation of a participation in the lawsuit’s proceeds. [read post]
4 Jul 2010, 9:52 pm
Unfortunately this chapter also deals with Maintenance and Champerty and even more unfortunately recommends retaining the rule, and even more unfortunately that the rule should be abrogated for third party funders. [read post]
15 Jan 2018, 4:22 pm
However, as the Law 360 article notes, most courts in the U.S. that have considered the question have rejected claims of champerty in connection with third-party litigation financing. [read post]
1 May 2014, 9:01 pm
It is a highly sophisticated, and now acceptable, form of “champerty and maintenance. [read post]
20 Aug 2014, 4:00 am
I know some of the other principals involved including University of Ottawa President Allan Rock, some of the lawyers at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (my former law firm in Toronto) who represented the University of Ottawa on the defendant’s unsuccessful champerty motion. [read post]
16 Jun 2009, 7:46 pm
I hadn't considered hiring a public relations firm to push quotes on reporters, but then, I've earned my clients the old fashioned way: barratry and champerty. [read post]
17 May 2011, 7:42 am
From David Hansen, JD, Scholarly Communications intern at Duke University Libraries: Kevin’s last blog post on champerty got me thinking about another ancient legal doctrine, also dimly remembered from law school, which has some application to recent copyright cases: “adverse possession. [read post]
22 May 2014, 7:48 am
So Righthaven went a little too far trying to monetize it, and it got hung up on a couple of problems: First the Copyright Act itself, in its wisdom, bars its business model, which was basically to purchase choses in action for litigation purposes — “champerty. [read post]
19 Nov 2010, 10:56 am
” Professor Richard Epstein writes that “The hoary doctrines of champerty and barratry traditionally barred third-party financing of lawsuits of unliquidated damage claims (i.e. cases where no fixed sum is due). [read post]
30 Mar 2012, 7:58 pm
. * * * The public policy against assignment of these types of actions has been explained as a desire to avoiding champerty, that is, speculation or profiteering in litigation by individuals who otherwise have no interest in the subject matter of the underlying claim. [read post]
19 Nov 2010, 10:56 am
Professor Richard Epstein writes that “The hoary doctrines of champerty and barratry traditionally barred third-party financing of lawsuits of unliquidated damage claims (i.e. cases where no fixed sum is due). [read post]
27 Mar 2018, 4:00 am
In my previous column, I looked at the growth of third party litigation (and arbitration) funding in Canada and discussed whether an arbitration Tribunal has any jurisdiction to control the involvement of funders. [read post]
1 Dec 2007, 9:00 am
: (IPThinkTank),ISPs fear trend towards greater liability for content: (IPWatch),Customers lose faith in phished brands: (ArsTechnica)Settling IP Litigation, Indian patent transparency, national differences, Friction & Warfighting: (StrategicIP),Creative Commons is turning 5: (CreativeCommons), Champerty in patent troll shell company cases: (Patent Prospector), IP portfolio analysis: (IPThinkTank), WIPO hosts international round table on the economics of IP: (WIPO)When Yes is not… [read post]
14 Dec 2007, 1:00 am
: (Patry), US and Canada open trial patent prosecution highway: (IPMenu)Champerty - another defence to a ‘troll' attack? [read post]
6 Oct 2020, 2:27 pm
Due to issues of champerty and maintenance, funding is generally prohibited. [read post]
26 May 2016, 3:38 am
Champerty and maintenance were once illegal. [read post]
8 Dec 2010, 9:51 am
We’ve always been worried about the monetization of court proceedings by disinterested third parties; it’s why we came up with the rules on champerty and maintenance, and we carved out a very clear exception to those rules to make contingency fees possible. [read post]
20 Apr 2011, 2:14 am
”) The prohibitions on Champerty are “designed to protect the administration of justice from abuse by the exploitation of vulnerable litigants. [read post]
16 Jan 2013, 4:30 am
Just like barratry, champerty and maintenance of old, legislators could prohibit plaintiff's lawyers from taking particular actions. [read post]
25 Jun 2014, 7:00 am
I was mired in a Champerty motion that delayed my day in court by years. [read post]
